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US Senate Passes Bill in Response to Rampant Ransomware, CyberAttacks

The U.S. Senate passed the ‘DHS Cyber Hunt and Incident Response Teams Act’ (S.315) to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to maintain cyber hunt and incident response teams to help private and public entities defend against cyber-attacks. […]

27 Sep

New Masad Stealer Malware Exfiltrates Crypto Wallets via Telegram

A new and actively distributed malware strain dubbed Masad Stealer steals files, browser information, and cryptocurrency wallet data from infected computers that get sent back to its masters using Telegram as a communication channel. […]

27 Sep

Office 365 to Get Automated Incident Response for Hacked Accounts

Microsoft is currently working on adding a new Automated Incident Response playbook to Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to allow Security Operations (SecOps) teams to automatically investigate and remediate hacked accounts. […]

27 Sep

Fake Apps Sneak Gambling Into iOS and Android App Stores

Gambling apps double-crossed the review systems in Google Play and the App Store by posing as a policy-abiding app. After bypassing the verification, the infringing functionality became available to users. […]

27 Sep

Adobe and Google Open Redirects Abused by Phishing Campaigns

Google and Adobe open redirects are being used by phishing campaigns in order to add legitimacy to the URLs used in the spam emails. […]

26 Sep

REvil (Sodinokibi) Ransomware Targets Chinese Users with DHL Spam

A new spam campaign is underway that is targeting Chinese recipients to trick them into installing the REvil (Sodinokibi) Ransomware. […]

26 Sep

Cisco Fixes Critical IOx Flaw Allowing Root Access to Guest OS

Cisco has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability in the IOx application environment for Cisco IOS Software that could enable authenticated remote attackers to access the Guest Operating System (Guest OS) as the root user. […]

26 Sep

Outlook on the Web to Block File Extensions for PowerShell, Python, and More

Microsoft will soon be blocking an additional 38 file extension from being downloaded as attachments in Outlook on the Web in order to protect users from malicious files. These additional extensions includes files used by Java, PowerShell, Python, and various vulnerabilities. […]

26 Sep

Vodafone’s Mobile App Briefly Exposed Customer Information

For a brief period on Wednesday morning, Vodafone customers in New Zealand using the mobile carrier’s app could see details for other customers. […]

25 Sep

Hackers Replace Windows Narrator to Get SYSTEM Level Access

Chinese hackers are replacing the legitimate Narrator app on targeted Windows systems with a trojanized version that gives them remote access with privileges of the most powerful account on the operating system. […]

Tag: security

US Senate Passes Bill in Response to Rampant Ransomware, CyberAttacks

New Masad Stealer Malware Exfiltrates Crypto Wallets via Telegram

Office 365 to Get Automated Incident Response for Hacked Accounts

Fake Apps Sneak Gambling Into iOS and Android App Stores

Adobe and Google Open Redirects Abused by Phishing Campaigns

REvil (Sodinokibi) Ransomware Targets Chinese Users with DHL Spam

Cisco Fixes Critical IOx Flaw Allowing Root Access to Guest OS

Outlook on the Web to Block File Extensions for PowerShell, Python, and More

Vodafone’s Mobile App Briefly Exposed Customer Information

Hackers Replace Windows Narrator to Get SYSTEM Level Access